AFRICA

Africa tell me your name

Tell me in your own tongue

What do I call you?

What do your children call you?

When they run from predators

Seeking comfort

They scream your name

Tell me what is your name

Not what they call you

When they want to seduce you

Into bearing your fruit for them

So that they may exploit you

And cease every part of you

For their own selfish gain

Africa tell me your name

Scream it out loud

And do not let the tears

Of your children hold you back

Scream your name

Let your presence be felt

Africa Scream your name

Do not dare rock back and forth

In fear that your abusers

Will find you and strip you bear still

Because they never left

They call you home

But they exploit you and pluck you dry

Never hearing your cries

Your children born from you

Cannot call upon you no more

Because they fail to recall your name

Africa what is your name?

Answer me dammit

What is your name?

I plead with you as your son

A descendent of your flesh

Tell me your name so that

I may be proud to scream it

For I am an African

I am a part of you

– N.Dano